Reversible necktie



Oct. 6, 1931. l. D. woLFsoN REVERSIBLE NECKTIE Filed June ll, 1929 WITNESSES ATTORNEY ing.

Patented Oct. 6, 1931 UNITED 4SIATIEIS PATENT OFFICE ISADORE DAVID WOLFSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO APPAREL INGENUITIES CORPORATION, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK REVERSIBLE NECKTIE Application filed lTune 11,

The present invention relates to neckties and more particularly to a four-in-hand necktie formed of two plies of material which are uniform throughout and so constructed that either ply or face may be worn exposed.

As the knot portion in four-in-hand ties becomes wrinkled and soiled after the tie is worn a few times while the remainder of the tie is still in good condition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a tie of this type with both the outer plies constructed alike so that when one ply becomes soiled the tie may be reversed and the other ply worn exposed.

Another object in view is the provision of a four-in-hand tie without visible seams in either of its exposed plies and which may be folded along its side edges in one direction so that it may be worn with one ply exposed or foldedin the opposite direction to be worn with the other ply exposed. v

Still another object in view is to provide a tie of this type with an inner lining which is secured to the body of the tie in a manner to prevent bunching or wrinklin ofthe lining, yet permitting the tie to reversed without visible seaming and which may be laid flat throughout its length and both sides of the tie4 ironed and pressed.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the tie inside out as it is manufactured;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tie ready for use with one ply exposed.- Y

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view on line 3/3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on line 4/4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in cross section showing the seamng at the edges, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail of the seam- The tie 10 is made of two pieces of material or plies 11 and 12, each of which 1s adapted to be worn as the exposed outer face. These plies may be made of the same material, such as silk, or the like, or they may be made of diiferent materials, or materials of contrasting color. The plies are coextensive in shape and each may be cut in' `one plece, or, 1f 1t is 1929. seriai'No. 370,138.

desirable in order to avoid waste, to form the plies of two or more pieces, the seams joining the parts are formed in the neckband portion. During the process of manufacturing, the tie is constructed inside out, that is, the right sides of the plies 11 and 12 are placed together, as shown in Figure 1, and secured by the over-seaming stitching 13 along the edges of the tie and at the ends, a portion 14 of one of the ends being left open whereby the tie may be reversed or turned right side out to expose the right side of the material when it is completed. The stitching 13 is a loose chain stitching, as shown more clearly in Figure 6, the inner ends of the loops being caught by a thread passing through the plies, while the outer ends of the loops are engaged by the. loops on the reverse side. While this stitching securely holds the plies together, the binding or stitching is not as rigid as the materials composing the tie and therefore gives under strain, as when the knot is being formed in the tie, thereby rendering the tie somewhat resilient.

The tie may be provided with an inner lining 15 which is co-extensive of the plies 11 and 12, excepting at the ends. This lining is preferably secured to the said-plies by the stitching 13, that is, the two plies and the lining are sewed together by the same stitching. y

After the tie is reversed through the opening 14, as hereinbefore described, the edges of the plies at the said opening are turned in and the end closed by stitching the turned in folds together. In order that the tie may be reversed to be Worn with either ply exposed, the side edges are adaptedto be folded over the entire length of the tie along the broken lines 16 and 17, one fold overlapping the other, and the two folds tacked at intervals, as shown by the reference numerals 18 in Figure 2. It is to be understood that these tacking stitches merely hold the folds together and may be removed in order to spread the tie flat to press the same or to fold the edges in the opposite direction to expose the other ply of the tie. Either ply therefore may be worn exposed and the tie being constructed as hereinbefore described, the stitching is not exposed on either ply.

I claim:

1. A reversible our-in-hand necktie comprising two outer plies, a lining between the said plies, said plies and lining being co-extensive in width and having their longitudinal edges inturned, stitchin wholly between the plies connecting the said 1nturned edges of the said plies and lining together said stitching and said inturned edges rmitting folding of the tie in either direction adjacent the longitudinal edges of the tie to expose either ply without wrinkling the plies or the lining, the said lining being of less length than said plies and being unsecured at its ends whereby the said lining may be shifted to a lateral positionwithout wrinkling.

2. A reversible our-in-hand necktie comprising two outer plies, a lining between the said plies and stitching located wholly between the plies connecting the plies and 1ining together along the entire longitudinal edges of the lining, said lining being of less length than said plies and being unsecured at its ends, whereby if one of the connected edges of the said plies and lining is distorted longitudinally the lining will be shifted to a lateral position without wrinkling.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 7 day of June, A. D. one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-nine.

ISADORE DAVID" WOLFSON. 

